The Little Learners Montessori at Cricklewood

Philosophy: The nursery follows the Montessori philosophy of teaching.

Activities: For example, children tell staff they have filled half and three quarters of the beaker with blue coloured liquid.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Children thrive in this nurturing nursery. All children make excellent progress in their learning and development.

Communication: The passionate and knowledgeable special educational needs coordinator, who is also the manager, regularly reviews and discusses individualised plans for children with SEND with parents.

Community Building: Family members come into the setting to help their child discuss special festivities that they celebrate and read stories to build on this knowledge.

Programs and Resources: Children with SEND are supported extremely well. The passionate and knowledgeable special educational needs coordinator builds close and professional relationships with parents, carers and other agencies.

Staff Training: Staff access training to further develop their highly professional skills.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Staff are enthusiastic and know each individual child incredibly well.

Safeguarding Training: There is an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first.

Play and Learning Integration: Staff skilfully incorporate mathematics into play. Children have a fantastic knowledge of fractions in relation to their ages.

Diversity Management: Staff spend time learning several key words in children's home languages to help them settle and to support their well-being.

Child Safety Management: Staff consistently model respectful behaviour and boundaries and ensure the environment and activities provided are inclusive for everyone.

Children's Safety and Security: Children settle with ease.

Happiness and Settling: Children demonstrate exemplary behaviour, manners, and conduct.

Nutritional Menu: Even the youngest children demonstrate their independence as they prepare their own snack and breakfast, cut their own fruit, wash up their plates and cups and skilfully pour their own drinks.